Royals and the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi GermanyOxford University Press, 12.08.2008 - 544 Seiten Princes Philipp and Christoph von Hessen-Kassel, great-grandsons of Queen Victoria of England, had been humiliated by defeat in World War I and, like much of the German aristocracy, feared the social unrest wrought by the ineffectual Weimar Republic. Jonathan Petropoulos shows how the princes, lured by prominent positions in the Nazi regime and highly susceptible to nationalist appeals, became enthusiastic supporters of Hitler. Prince Philipp, son-in-law to the King of Italy, became the highest-ranking prince in the Nazi state and developed a close personal relationship with Hitler and Hermann Göering. Prince Christoph was a prominent SS officer and head of the most important intelligence agency in the Third Reich. In return, the princes made the Nazis socially acceptable to wealthy, high-society patrons. Prince Philipp even introduced Göering to Mussolini at a critical stage in the Nazi Party's development and later served as a liaison between Hitler and the Italian dictator. Permitted access to Hessen family private papers and the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, Petropoulos follows the story of the House of Hesse through to its tragic denouement--the princes' betrayal and persecution by an increasingly paranoid Hitler and prosecution and denazification by the Allies. |
Inhalt
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Strategies to Preserve Privilege Through the Great War | 16 |
Tribulations the High Life and Fascist Flirtations | 50 |
Making Hitler salonfähig and Helping the Nazis to Power | 97 |
Princely Careers in the Nazi State | 136 |
5 Roles in an Increasingly Radical Regime | 176 |
6 Miscalculation and Misfortune | 270 |
Denazification and Partial Dispossession | 322 |
Schloss Fasanerie Financial Viability and Burdens of the Past | 352 |
Understanding German Princes in the Twentieth Century | 371 |
High Nobility in the Nazi Party | 380 |
Geneological Tree of the Princes von HessenKassel in the Twentieth Century | 390 |
Notes | 391 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Archives aristocrats Aufzeichnungen August behalf of Prince Berlin British brother camp Christoph to Princess Ciano Crown Prince Darmstadt December denazification trial documents Duke of Kent Duke of Windsor elite Ernst example February Forschungsamt Frankfurt Friedrich Karl Führer Gauleiter German Goebbels Göring Hadamar Heinrich Prinz helped Hermann Göring Hesse Hessen-Darmstadt HHStAW Himmler historian Hitler Hohenzollern Ibid IfZG Italian Italy joined July June Kaiser Kassel King George Kristallene Lüster Kronberg Landgrave Landgravine Margarethe later letter Lippe Luftwaffe Mafalda March Minister Munich Mussolini Nazi leaders Nazi Party nobility noted November Oberpräsident October Palace Philipp von Hessen political Preussen Prince Auwi Prince Christoph Prince Friedrich Prince Philipp Prince Prince Prince Wilhelm Princess Sophia Prinz von Hessen Protocol of Prince Prussian Queen Rainer von Hessen regime Ribbentrop Röhm Röhm purge Rome royal family Sassoon Schlabrendorff on behalf September Spruchkammer Protocol statement Third Reich Weimar Republic Wolfgang Prinz wrote